Baldridge, John Edward died 1938

BALDRIDGE, WOOLRIDGE, CONNOR, SHERMAN

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 6/25/2023 at 00:13:32

Clayton County Register, 16 Feb. 1938.

STRAWBERRY POINT: The body of John Baldridge, who had disappeared last Saturday afternoon, was found Sunday afternoon at two o'clock on the late John Dexter farm, six miles northwest of Strawberry Point by Harry Opitz and Alex Schmidt.

Mr. Baldridge had been in poor health for some time and it is believed that he wandered away and death overtook him as he crossed a plowed field on the farm now occupied by John Lamphier. Search was continued until Sunday morning, three o'clock, and then resumed again after daylight. No coroner's inquest was held.

Mr. and Mrs. Baldridge were to have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on the day his body was found.

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Clayton County Register, 23 Feb. 1938.

STRAWBERRY POINT: Funeral services for John Baldridge were held Tuesday morning at St. Mary's Catholic church, conducted by Rev. Father P. J. Boyle. The pallbearers were Ernest G. Moser, Dan J. Ivory, James McTaggart, Peter Quinn, Jack Simek and Winnie Barnes. Interment was made in the Strawberry Point cemetery.

John Edward Baldridge, son of Dr. Robert and Mary Ann Baldridge, was born in Grant county, Wisconsin, on March 28, 1861. When seven years of age he came with his parents to this place, where he has since lived. On Feb. 13, 1888, he was united in marriage at St. Mary's Catholic church by the late Rev. Thomas Rowe. Farming was the occupation until 1920, when they retired and moved to town. Besides his sorrowing wife, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Louie (Lillie) Woolridge, of Greeley, Mrs. Dell (Louise) Connor, on the home farm northeast of Strawberry Point, Mrs. Louie (Eva) Sherman of Strawberry Point, and Miss Alice Baldridge at home; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; also one brother, Thomas Baldridge, of Oelwein. The deceased was a devout Catholic and always stood for what was right.